Althea was tempted to just invite the dwarves outright, as her recruitment of various races was generally smooth, but she did not dare do so this time.
There were plenty of social landmines that might just get them shot by the dwarves' 'laser' gun dotted with various penetrating arrays.
While this machine wouldn't kill them, considering they were already at their level 30s, it would certainly hurt. It would also greatly reduce the durability of the equipment it hit, which was not very good. In the worst case scenario, they could be hit at the right spot that might even be lethal.
The dwarves had a very, very bad impression of humans, and many were hostile to them. Basically, if they asked if they wanted to come, Althea had no doubt they would immediately be treated as traffickers or something.
From what they saw, the anti-human sentiment of the eastern dwarves was much more intense than the other tribe.
